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Op-eds, commentary and letters from Vermont voices. The views are the authors', not FYIVT's.

CommentaryApril 29, 2025

Sen. Watson’s Dishonest Climate Politics

It’s not the governor’s fault your ridiculous plans are collapsing. Senator Anne Watson (D-Washington), chair of the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee and Kool Aid filled climate change religionist, recently penned an op-ed

CommentaryApril 11, 2025

Vermont’s AG Charity Clark Gaslights Election Integrity

Vermont’s Attorney General, Charity Clark, is back at it, jumping on a 19-state lawsuit against President Trump’s March 25, 2025, Executive Order(EO), “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections”. It’s her ninth crack at

StatehouseApril 8, 2025

Parents' Rights in Education Press Event

Vermonters for Vermont Initiative, a statewide educational platform will host a press event on “Parents' Rights in Education” on Wednesday, 9 April 2025, starting at 12 noon to 1pm in the Cedar Creek Room at the Vermont State Capitol State

CommentaryMarch 25, 2025

Who Is Using the Motel Voucher Program?

Are progressive policies creating homeless, or attracting them? Governor Scott and the House and Senate Democrat majorities are at loggerheads over the motel voucher program that pays to put up homeless in, well, motel rooms. The governo

CommentaryMarch 19, 2025

Is VT Pre-K Program Driving Up Property Taxes and Harming Kids?

It’s been asked a lot lately with budgetary challenges running up against a lack of tax capacity, and the backdrop of DOGE findings of government waste at the federal level, “Do our elected representatives ever go back and evaluate the prog

StatehouseMarch 5, 2025

Senate Democrats Block Vote to Repeal Clean Heat Standard

The plan is to stall, hope the voters forget, and bring the fuel tax on line in the future. When Vermont voters threw out a historic number of Democrats in the November 2024 elections, including the chair of the Senate Natural Resources

Be InformedFebruary 22, 2025

VT Democrats Need to Fish or Cut Bait on Climate Policies

Vermont Democrats passed the Global Warming Solutions Act in 2020 over the veto of Governor Scott and the Republican legislative minority. That law mandates strict targets and timelines for greenhouse gas reduction set at 26% below 2005 lev